US military has launched more than 50 missiles aimed at Syria

[SBFORDTECH]

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-04-26/massive-explosion-reported-near-damascus-international-airport-syria

In what is believed, but has not been confirmed, to be an Israeli air strike, moments ago the area around the Damascus International Airport in Syria was rocked by at least one massive explosion.

[Fastback]

Mine are a key turn and a button push. They last 5 minutes and the I push the button again if necessary. Very odd Dallas and FtWorth went off like that. In another city I worked in we could here dispatch dial a number over the radio and they would kick off. Prob a hack job.

Apparently the hack was by radio signal, probably mimicking the dialing in you described. And the hacker was said to have sent the activation signal over 60 times, in keeping with what you said about pushing the button every 5 minutes to keep the sirens active. So, basically all that you have speculated here turned out to be pretty right on.

Of course Dallas won't let this go without justifying at least $100 million expenditure...to "upgrade archaic system" and naturally they can't release any of the details about what exactly the $100 mil will buy for "security concerns". But ALL of Dallas knows every last one of the sirens work and so all the wires work. I guess $100 mil just doesn't buy much these days.

[CWO]

Turns out Hitler never gassed anyone!

I couldn't believe it either! That was like 4 years ago, though.

[Craizie]

Turns out Hitler never gassed anyone!

A gas chamber does not = WMD.

[CWO]

I also can't wrap my head around the Syrian protest to the USA air strikes against Syria at the UN in Damascus.

[CWO]

It is a terror tactic but I think more importantly he was trying to see if Trump was all talk. Watch the HBO documentary about Syria and how he treats those people. I concluded that he is like a medieval ruler, he doesn't give a shit about them as humans, he only sees them as the peasant class to be used as he sees fit to meet his ends. Some of them needed to die in order for him to be able to test the waters of the Trump administration.

I'm still not sold. He could, and has killed without resorting to gas while under a worldwide microscope. I'm in no way saying Assad is a good guy, the gas is what I have a problem with. You may be right, either way we'll never know the truth.

[bubbaearl]

Asad is not a muslim . he is an aliwi . he will gas and kill muslims at any chance . just as his dad did . as long as that sob is in power there will be war. he uses isis to do his dirty work .

[naynay]

Turns out Hitler never gassed anyone!

[Gasser64]

Well to be fair, the muslims are applauding his behavior. They love them some evil dictator. Can't get enough. Its the 'will of god' after all.

[Broncojohnny]

I have yet to hear a single reason Assad would gas his people, other than "he is crazy".

It is a terror tactic but I think more importantly he was trying to see if Trump was all talk. Watch the HBO documentary about Syria and how he treats those people. I concluded that he is like a medieval ruler, he doesn't give a shit about them as humans, he only sees them as the peasant class to be used as he sees fit to meet his ends. Some of them needed to die in order for him to be able to test the waters of the Trump administration.

[CWO]

http://archive.is/Neibh

[CWO]

I have yet to hear a single reason Assad would gas his people, other than "he is crazy".

[juiceweezl]

Supposedly we tracked the Syrian plane leaving the airbase, dropping the chemical weapons and then returning to the airbase. That is why the airbase was the exclusive target of the attack. With that in mind, I think the attack was a test to see how Trump would react. I think Trump knew this and made a statement with his attack.

His statement was "You cavemen blast the shit out of each other all you want but we won't stand by while you try to become the next Hitler".

I think it was the appropriate response considering we really don't want to get involved in the civil war beyond supplying a few weapons and the obvious collateral involvement resulting from our attacks on ISIS.

This 100%. I think the rest of the world had 8 years of pushing the USA around in many different capacities. Along the way Iran, N Korea, Asad, etc. grew more powerful. Now, there's a new guy in charge, and they haven't figured out the new rules for the game they want to play. I think this was definitely a test to see what happens. I wish Iran would grab some sailors again because there wouldn't be an apology coming this time unless it was written on the warhead of a missile.

[Broncojohnny]

Why would Assad gas anyone?

If he wanted 72 Syrian people dead, that's just a little bit of ammunition, and the international community wouldn't bother responding to him killing a few of his own people. Awful, yes, but not going to get a response in a country engaged in a hardcore civil war. Break out the WMD and you get a response.

I really have no idea what's going on or what to make of it. I smell bullshit though.

Supposedly we tracked the Syrian plane leaving the airbase, dropping the chemical weapons and then returning to the airbase. That is why the airbase was the exclusive target of the attack. With that in mind, I think the attack was a test to see how Trump would react. I think Trump knew this and made a statement with his attack.

His statement was "You cavemen blast the shit out of each other all you want but we won't stand by while you try to become the next Hitler".

I think it was the appropriate response considering we really don't want to get involved in the civil war beyond supplying a few weapons and the obvious collateral involvement resulting from our attacks on ISIS.

[CWO]

Why would Assad gas anyone?

If he wanted 72 Syrian people dead, that's just a little bit of ammunition, and the international community wouldn't bother responding to him killing a few of his own people. Awful, yes, but not going to get a response in a country engaged in a hardcore civil war. Break out the WMD and you get a response.

I really have no idea what's going on or what to make of it. I smell bullshit though.

It's bullshit, no doubt. Then you ask yourself about the Russian narrative being pushed by the Dems this whole time. When Hillary Clinton wants more of what Trump is doing, I worry.